McKee Exam Review

The tone of the poem "Beware, do not read this poem" is

In "The Raven", what is meant by "ominous bird of yore"?

"Beware, Do not read this poem" is free verse. It has all of the characteristics below EXCEPT

The words "ol woman" and "this poem ain't got no manners" are examples of colloquial language.

The struggle between opposing forces can be described as the ___________ .

What figurative language is used when the author describes Tim as "dumb as a dog"?

Choose the BEST description below of a lyric poem.

__________ is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

When the raven keeps repeating the word "nevermore", the narrator takes this to be

Free verse poems never has rhyme or rhythm.

Informal or conversational language used in literature is called

All of the following are elements of gothic fiction EXCEPT

"He is as happy as a clam" and "Her cheeks are red like a rose" are examples of

In "The Raven", the bird would be considered an _______________

Readers of "The Raven" can infer from the poem's conclusion that the narrator will

What is the tone of "The Raven"?

"Her voice is music to his ears" and "The skies of his future began to darken" are examples of

A ___________ is something that stands for or represents something else.

In the stories and poems we read that were set during fall or winter, the tone most often was

"The Fall of the House of Usher" and " The Feather Pillow" are gothic fiction.

The "Raven" is considered to be a traditional poem because it has

Roderick in "The Fall of the House of Usher: and the narrator in "The Raven" are both

What is foreshadowing in literature?

The author's use of sound effects in "Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed" suggests

Choose the BEST choice below to describe the picture.

"Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary" sets the tone as dark and gloomy.

In which quotation below is there an example of alliteration?

The unit titled "Into the Nightmare" is titled appropriately because all writings

The act of creating or developing a character in writing is called

The use of descriptions to access the senses of the reader of listener is called

If the picture was in color, set on a sunny day, and the bats were butterflies, it would NOT be

The repeated use of vowels in words that are close to each other us called

In the poem, the Raven says it will never leave the narrator. What could the bird by symbolic?

Which of the following lines has NO internal rhyme?

What two literary devices are used in "He spurred like a madman, shrieking a curse to the sky"?

"Funny it seems but by keeping its dreams" is an example of

"The Raven" and "The Highwayman" have all of the characteristics below EXCEPT

The narrator in "The Raven" can best be described as a

"Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed" from "The Highwayman" uses which literary device?

The first line of "The Raven" is "Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary".

Which of the following is always a characteristic of narrative poems?

The central idea in "Beware, do not read this poem" is

"And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming" is a line with the use of

One characteristic of magical realism is

How is the "atmosphere" of a literary work created?